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A former IRS contractor Service has been sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the tax records of former President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans to media organizations.
Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty in October to a charge of disclosing income tax return information without authorization.
Federal prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum allowed under U.S. law, arguing that Littlejohn was motivated by a political agenda and compromised the security of sensitive personal information.
Littlejohn, according to prosecutors, sought a position at a consulting firm that works with the IRS in 2017 in hopes of accessing and disclosing records on Trump, who was president at the time.
Littlejohn's lawyers said he was motivated by a 'deep, moral belief' that the public had a right to know the information he shared, but now regrets his actions. Littlejohn's legal team did not request a specific sentence, but sought a punishment comparable to prior government leakers.
Littlejohn secretly downloaded years of Trump's tax records in 2018, later sharing them with reporters from the New York Times, according to court documents.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-years-prison-leaking-Trump-tax-records.html
Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty in October to a charge of disclosing income tax return information without authorization.
Federal prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum allowed under U.S. law, arguing that Littlejohn was motivated by a political agenda and compromised the security of sensitive personal information.
Littlejohn, according to prosecutors, sought a position at a consulting firm that works with the IRS in 2017 in hopes of accessing and disclosing records on Trump, who was president at the time.
Littlejohn's lawyers said he was motivated by a 'deep, moral belief' that the public had a right to know the information he shared, but now regrets his actions. Littlejohn's legal team did not request a specific sentence, but sought a punishment comparable to prior government leakers.
Littlejohn secretly downloaded years of Trump's tax records in 2018, later sharing them with reporters from the New York Times, according to court documents.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-years-prison-leaking-Trump-tax-records.html
